VCU scored three runs in the seventh inning and beat Old Dominion 6-3 Saturday at Georgia Tech’s tournament, the Showdown in Midtown. Logan Kanuik earned the win by pitching one scoreless inning, and Matt Lees picked up a two-inning save for the Rams (2-0).

Connor Myers was 3-for-4 with two runs for the Monarchs, and Jordan Negrini drove in two runs.

Tommy Alexander gave up just one run and five hits in five innings, but the first ODU reliever, Brad Gero, took the loss by yielding two runs in 1 2/3 innings. ...

Winner Nathan Kirby pitched a career-high six innings, striking out seven. Brandon Downes had three RBI and two hits, while Mike Papi reached base four times and scored three runs. The Keydets (0-2) committed six errors. ...

Harris easily won again in doubles and singles as the Eagles blanked Methodist 9-0 later in the day. ...

Newport News' Claire Spencer, who usually played No. 5 last season for Carleton in Minnesota, won at No. 1 singles as her team -- ranked 29th in Division III -- shut out Hamline 9-0. Carleton also beat St. Cloud State 9-0.

The Menchville alumna won her match 6-0, 6-4 against Hamline and prevailed 6-0, 7-5 at No. 3 versus St. Cloud State.

Men's tennis:

Virginia swept California 4-0 to reach the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Indoor Championships in Houston.

The top-seeded Cavaliers, who are seeking their sixth ITA indoor title in seven years, play a semifinal Sunday against No. 5 Ohio State.

U.Va., coming off an unbeaten season in which it won its first NCAA team crown, started the path to its 36th consecutive dual victory by taking the doubles point for a 1-0 lead. Thai-Son Kwiatkowsk, Alex Domijan and Ryan Shane won in singles to annex the match. ...

William and Mary overcame Villanova 5-2 at McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center behind singles victories from the Tribe's top four: Ben Guthrie, Ben Hoogland, Will Juggins -- who delivered the clincher -- and Scott Huang.

The Tribe began the match by taking all three doubles sets for a 1-0 lead.

Hockey:

Admirals again beat Crunch

The Norfolk Admirals completed a two-game sweep of the Syracuse Crunch at Scope Arena, winning 2-1 as John Gibson made 28 saves.

Chris Wagner's short-handed goal and Emerson Etem's power-play goal gave the Admirals a two-goal lead 12:56 into the contest.

Syracuse, which went scoreless for the weekend's first five periods, cut the lead in half on Dmitry Korobv's power-play goal 11:33 into the final period, but the Admirals held on to deal the Crunch its 11th loss in the last 12 games.

The Admirals (27-15-1-7) moved up into a tie for fourth in the 15-team Eastern Conference, which awards eight playoff berths. The Crunch (18-23-3-5) is in 14th, well out of that race.

Running:

Marshall, Kovacs run to 8K wins

Douglas Marshall was the top men’s finisher and Karen Kovacs was the top female in the Gloucester 8K. Marshall finished in 29 minutes, 37 seconds and Kovacs ran a time of 35:58.